World's No.1 Football Manager

Chapter 419 The "soft egg" is hard

Only 15 minutes into the game, Braga fell behind by 1 goal.

While head coach Custodio was frightened, he also hoped that the opponent would slow down after taking the lead for the time being and let his team take a breather.

But soon, he found that things did not develop as he expected.

In the eyes of the opponent, this goal does not seem to exist, how to kick it or how to kick it.

Although playing a defensive counterattack, the style of play is an extremely fast-paced total attack and total defense.

Are they not tired?With such a rhythm, the first to be dragged down is themselves!
However, the Maritimos seem not to worry about their physical fitness at all, and they are always running and sprinting non-stop.

Xu Kai's training effect showed.

The core essence of Xu Kai's training method is to sprint and run non-stop, to crush the opponent with physical fitness, and to crush the opponent with his body.Under his special training method, the physical reserves of Maritimo players are very sufficient.

Physical fitness has never been a problem for Gao Yuan's team, after all, there are a lot of physical supplements in his system. "System + training" has made Gao Yuan's team a tireless team of iron men.

Under the repeated impact of Maritimo, the Braga team's physical fitness first appeared.

More than 20 minutes is the critical point of physical fitness. The Maritimos, who have been actively sprinting, did not show any obvious decline in physical fitness at the critical point of physical fitness, but the Braga team, which was passively running, could not keep up with the rhythm.

In a state of critical physical fitness, the blood oxygen content of the Braga players was at a very low level, as if they were competing on a plateau at an altitude of more than 4000 meters.

Braga's formation is getting more and more chaotic, and the defensive gaps are getting bigger and bigger. It is easy for Maritimo to find his weakness.

In the 24th minute, Maritimo played a series of coordination in the frontcourt, hitting the ball from the right to the left, and then from the left to the right. After a few back and forth, a large gap appeared in Braga's defense.

Wang Zi has quick eyes and quick feet, and suddenly makes a long pass from a long distance, lobbing the ball into the open space.

"Space Reader" Pan Xinyue was waiting there.

Facing the high ball from top to bottom, Pan Xinyue calmly rubbed the ball with the back of her foot, and firmly unloaded the ball in front of her body.

There was a burst of applause from the stands, not only for the tacit passing and passing cooperation between Wang Zi and Pan Xinyue, but also for Pan Xinyue's beautiful stopping technique.

This is the credit of old Wutou!

The head portrait of Lao Wu is a craftsman who pursues perfection, polishing and polishing the players' various technical movements.

Especially Pan Xinyue, who has not been exposed to football for a long time, is more like a blank sheet of paper, allowing the old Wutou to paint the most gorgeous picture scroll.

The beautiful stop made Pan Xinyue improve his efficiency. After stopping the ball, he took two steps forward and entered the penalty area.

Go to the meeting alone!

Braga goalkeeper Matthews is very desperate now. Staying in the door is "waiting for death", and abandoning the door to attack is "court death". Under the power of two evils, he can only gamble and rush out with all his teeth and claws.

Pan Xinyue didn't panic. This kind of one-handed shot was something he had to practice every day after training. Facing the goalkeeper who was attacking, he pushed the far corner very calmly.

It happened to hit Matthews with a half cross, and the ball passed by his side and flew steadily into the lower right corner of the goal.

The score expanded to 2:0!

Pan Xinyue is the first Chinese to score for this Maritimo team!
And it was Wang Zi who gave him an assist!
Both goals were assisted by him!
Huge cheers sounded from the stands. Although the attendance rate was not high today, the sound effect of the professional stadium was very good.

If people were still a little surprised when they scored the first goal, then after the score expanded again, people were finally surprised to find that this Maritimo team is very strong!

The fans who originally held the banner of "Let the Chinese go away" temporarily put away their slogans and replaced them with heartfelt cheers.

The coach of the Braga team, Custodio, was ashen-faced. He was young and energetic, and he did not foresee such a situation before the game, and he did not prepare an emergency plan for this situation.

Falling behind by two goals, he should have counterattacked vigorously and tried to bring the score back; but the team's physical fitness and morale made him dare not attack rashly, fearing that an opponent who was already good at counterattack would make another victory.

In desperation, Custodio could only humiliately order the team to stabilize their position first, and then slowly develop good strategies.

The score fell behind, but was forced to strengthen the defense, Custodio felt very ashamed.

As a result, the audience saw a strange scene. Braga, who is known as the fourth strongest in the Portuguese Super League, fell behind. Instead of strengthening their offense, they retreated to their own half and were surrounded and beaten by relegation favorite Maritimo.

Braga still has a lot of background, their defense organization is good, and after half-court retreat, the gap in physical fitness is no longer so obvious.Although the kick was very embarrassing, the position gradually stabilized.

And Maritimo's lack of a powerful battering ram is highlighted.Although Firewire signed Dzeko, the Bosnian striker has not yet flown from Italy to Portugal. Considering the running-in problem, at least in the first stage of the league before the international match day, he cannot be counted on.

Without a battering ram, facing the strictly guarded city gate, Maritimo didn't have many ways to do it. He could only infiltrate slowly.

The scene gradually fell into a stalemate, and the first half was about to end.

Just when people thought that the score of 2:0 would be maintained until halftime, Vukovic suddenly stood up again.

In the 44th minute, Maritimo had a difficult penetration in the opponent's half, but when the ball came to Vukovic's feet, he suddenly changed his rhythm and rushed towards the opponent's defense with the ball.

At this time, the one who was in charge of defending him was Segara, who had laughed at him in the player tunnel.

Vukovic strode forward, and Segla squeezed desperately beside him, trying to scare the "soft guy" Vukovic in his impression through fierce physical contact.

But I never expected that Vukovic was very tough this time, and he was not afraid of confrontation at all, and squeezed Segara away with a fight with his arms.

Unwilling to be reconciled, Segara tried his best to slam into Vukovic with his body, but Vukovic slammed into him hard, not to be outdone.

With a "bang", Segera felt his body soaring through the clouds and fell to the ground.

The tall and strong Croatian only shook a few times.

It was a reasonable charge and the referee did not call a foul.

Vukovic staggered, but continued to move forward, and with the shaking of his body, he took advantage of the situation as a fake action, dunked the ball, and stumbled away the defensive player in front of him.

Then he didn't go forward anymore, and took advantage of the gap, he directly kicked his left foot, which was an unreasonable long-range shot.

At this moment, he was 35 or 6 meters away from the goal, but this kick was very sudden, full of strength, full of confidence, and the ball roared towards Braga's goal like a shell fired from a chamber.

Goalkeeper Matthews fought hard to save, but the ball was too beautiful to stop, and the ball flew into the net again.

3: 0!

Maritimo sealed the victory in the first half.

In the face of dense defense, the personal ability of the star shines!
Vukovic showed with practical actions that the "soft guy" has become hard since then!
(End of this chapter)